GOP candidates wary on role of public schools

The Texas Constitution clearly establishes the importance of public education in the quest to preserve the liberties and rights of the people by declaring: “It shall be the duty of the Legislature of the State to establish and make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an efficient system of public free schools.”

But more than a third of the Republican candidates for the State Board of Education don’t agree, according to their responses on candidate surveys. They disagree with the survey question: “It is the government’s responsibility to be sure children are properly educated.”